In observance of Thanksgiving Day, there will be no CARTA bus, Downtown/North Shore Shuttle or Care-a-van services on Thursday, Nov. 22. All CARTA bus services will resume regular schedules on Friday, Nov. 23, except for the Mocs Express. Additional information on CARTA’s routes, schedules and services may be obtained by calling the CARTA Information Line at (423) 629-1473, ... (click for more)

Junior Achievement of Chattanooga honored four local investors during “A Night with The Drifters” concert dinner. It honored Chambliss Bahner and Stophel, P.C. with the 2018 “Spirit of Achievement” Award for their love of community and education while advancing JA’s mission of inspiring and preparing young people to succeed in a global economy. Atlantic Capital Bank, SunTrust ... (click for more)

The Riverbend Festival is expected to be trimmed to four or five days in 2019, according to several sources. The popular festival in early June centered at Ross's Landing Park on the riverfront has long started on a Friday and continued the next week until the grand finale on Saturday night. Chip Baker, executive director of Friends of the Festival that operates the event, ... (click for more)

The Tennessee Supreme Court issued six execution dates for 2019 and 2020 on Friday. One was for Lee Hall, convicted of the 1991 murder of Traci Crozier in Hamilton County. All of the defendants had previous execution dates set, which were stayed for pending litigation. The Court set an execution date of May 16, 2019, for Donnie Edward Johnson. Johnson was convicted in 1985 of ... (click for more)

Now that prosecutors have dropped charges against Jeff Styles — and he's not been found guilty by a jury of his peers — I hope Bill Lockhart and WGOW will return him to the station. I'm believe his listeners will welcome him back with open arms. After one has been through a ringer like this, I'm not sure how you get your life back unless a good guy like Mr. Lockhart steps up ... (click for more)

Back in late September of 2007, a gutsy Oklahoma State football team had just won a wild 49-46 slugfest against previously unbeaten Texas Tech in Stillwater. In the loser’s locker room, this after OSU’s Zac Peterson drilled a 54-yard TD pass in the waning minute to come from behind, the soon-to-be legend Mike Leach tore his Red Raiders apart. I mean, the man with the lifelong obsession ... (click for more)